My New "Baby"

Some may say I've gone overboard, some may say I'm crazy, but dammit, I wanted this lens. I debated it for about 2 months, then left it in my B&H Photo Shopping Cart for about a month.....then finally pulled the trigger. So here it is, my new 7.8", 3.24lb baby.

Well, at least I made a lesson out of this night after a night of drooling over my new arrival. I started playing around with a DIY snoot I made, a la DIY photography, for the first time ever. Simple and very economical to make, I used one of those foam sheets you can get at Michael's or Target and some electrical tape.

The lesson I learned: Distance and directed/measured light are your friends. No need for black backdrops or screens to get rid of the background.

For those interested, this picture was taken with an off camera Speedlite 430EX triggered with my modified poverty wizards (a.k.a Cactus Wireless triggers) above camera left at 1/8 power. [ISO 200 - f/7.1 - 1/200]

Photography really is subjective . . . . .

Had an absolutely great time last week at my friends' wedding in Sausalito and Tiburon. Bummer I had to catch a red-eye to Taiwan for work that evening/morning at 1am.

I don't know why, but I love this picture I took at the reception. There are so many reasons why most people won't like it....it's grainy, its focus is soft, it's got plenty of blown highlights, but yet, I can't help myself from liking it...so "BOOOOO" to all you naysayers. ;)